Harness-saddle



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YE. G. ROBERTSON.

HARNESS SADDLE.

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E. G. ROBERTSON.

HARNESS SADDLE.

Patented Dec. 4,1888.

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IUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDVARD G. ROBERTSON, OF NEVARK, NEY JERSEY.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,926, dated December 4, 1888. Y Application tiled August 1, 1888. Serial No. 281,616. (No model.)

. useful Improvements in Coach-Pads or Sad- (lle-Pads; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a coach-saddle at a reduced cost of construction and one having increased strength, firmness, and durability, and to avoid the use offordi.- nary padding or lling, and to provide a device that will retain on the under side a proper formation, whereby a smooth rotund surface will be presented to the horses back, free from projections such as would be formed after considerable wear by pad-screws, terrets, &c., working through the ordinary padding.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter setforth, and iinally embodied in the clauses of the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several iigures, Figure l is a side elevation of my .improved saddle, partly broken away to show the interior construction thereof. Fig. 2 is a section of the saine takenon line Fig. 3 is a section taken on line y. Fig. 4 is a plan of a portion of a top plate, and Fig. 5 is a plan of a bottom plate. Fig-6 is a side elevation of said top plate. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of a portion of the bottom plate, showing a certain recess in one of the upper edges thereof, adapted to allow the passage of the crupperloop. Fig. 8 is a sectional view on line z, and Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail view showing the connection with the top plate before referred to of the leather top piece and side straps or skirt.

In said drawings, a indicates a bottom plat-e. This in cross-sections is deeply concave or hollow, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 8, the said bottom plate in side elevation having the usual angular shape adapted to conform to the shape of the back of the horse. The said bottom plate is cast or formed in one integral piece and presents a pad-like roundness,such as is usually displayed in the.

ordinary coach-pads, the rouudness of the metal bottom plate giving to the pad the roundness that is usually caused by iilling or stuffing. The bottom of said bottom plate is perforated, as indicated in Fig. 5,where it engages the concavit-y in the horses back at each side of the backbone. The said perforations serve to give greater lightness to the metal, an'd also serve as ventilati11g-apertures, the said'perforations being useful for ventilation where the bottom plate 'is simply japanned and not covered with the leather facing, such as hereinafter referred to. y

I am aware that heretofore plates-L forming pads in harness have been perforated at the sides away from the back of the horse; but in the present case the improved bottom plates are perforated where they engage the back, and thus serve to keep the back more cool by allowing access of air directly to the back beneath the saddle.

In the drawings the Ventilating-perforations are marked b, and on the inner walls of the side ilanges, a', of the bottom plate, a, are formed a series of ribs or inward projections, c c, upon which a top plate, d, may rest, the said top plate being held down thereon by suitable screws-suoli as yiwhich pass into threaded posts e, formed uponl the concaved side of the bottom plate projecting therefrom, as indicated in Figs. l and 5. One of vsaid flanges a of the bottom plate, at the angle in the saddle, is recessed, as indicated at f in Fig. 7, to allow the passage of the shank ofthe laterally-extending crupper-loop g.

The top plate, d, is formed to lie upon the upper bearings ofthe ribs or projections c, s0

that the upper face thereof will lie a little below the upper edges of the side flanges, d', forming a recess at the top of said top plate of sufficient depth to allow of the insertion of the top leather and allow the same to lie approximately flush with the said side iianges.

The said top leather is held in place on the top plate by means of ferrets, the check-hook, and the ordinary pad-screws, in any suitable manner.

The side st aps or skirts, g, overlap the extremities of the top plate, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 9, and held thereon by the pad-screw 1 and independent screw i, the lug` of' said screw i serving, in addition, to hold the top plate 1 into fixed relation with the bottom plate.

indicated atj in Fig. fi, to t'orm depressions to i plate and forming a chamber therein, and said pad-screws for holding said plates together, substantially as set forth.

2. In the harness-saddle herein described, the combination of the bottom plate made to coliform on its under side to the horsesback and provided with side flanges, a', atop plate secured between said side flanges below the i edges thereof and forming a recess for the top The top plate may be recessed or bent, as

receive the side straps or skirts without raisi ing the top leather or forming thereon an unleather, and said top leather arranged in said recess and approximately flush with the edges of said flanges, substantially as and f'or the purposes set forth.

5. The improved harness or coach saddle provided with a coneavo-con vexbottom plate and a top plate forming a chamber therein, the said bottom plate provided at its bottom,

. where it engages the horses back, with vent'urnthe edges of the lining lr inwardly over the edges of the side flanges, o', as illustrated in Figs. 2 and S, cementing the edges; or, when I desire, I cement the whole surface of the leather, so that it will adhere to the metal plate. This being done, the top plate is forced down to its place in the bottom plate, so that the said lining is clamped between the top By having the saddle devoid of the ordinary l tilating-perforations which open into said chamber, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

i. In combination, in the saddle herein described, a concave-convex. bottom plate having a lining against its outer side, the edges of which are turned inward over the edges of said lbottom plate and are cemented thereto, and a top plate adapted to clamp said lining to hold the same in place, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The improved harness-saddle herein deseribed, combining therein a concave bottom plate, a top plate, a strap or skirt, g, overlapping said top plate, a screw, i, holding said skirt to said top plate and holding said top and bottom plates together, a lining covering said screw and a pad-screw, 71, holding said lining-skirt and top plate together, substantially as set forth and shown.

fi. In the harness-saddle herein described, the combination of the top plate, bent as at i j, a side strap, a top leather, a screw, i', and y,pad-screw 71, both of' said screws passing padding or sfuliing, l` present to the horses l back a pad which will be much cooler, and the expense of padding and other objections incident to the use of' the same are avoided.

integra-l piece, it may be in two or more parts. Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new isl. The improved harness or coach saddle combining a eoncavo-convex bottom plate made angular to conform to the horses back,

through said side strap and co-operating and holding said strap in' position, substantially as and f'or the purposes set forth.

7. In a saddle, a bottom pla-te having side i flanges with bearings on the inner walls therehile I prefer to make the top plate of' one the convex under side being regular andi smooth, and the concave face being provided at the sides with projecting bearings cto support a top plate and with npwardly-extending threaded posts to receive the pad-serews, and a top plate adapted to cover said bottom 1 of, said bottom plate having posts projecting up'from the bottom thereof", and on the under side said plate being made angular and rotund to engage the horses back, substantially as and for the purposes setI forth.

In testimony that I claim the Aforegoing I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of July, 1881s.

E INVARI) (l. ROBERTSON.

Witnesses:

CHARLEs If. PELL, C. H. BALDWIN.

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